Hillary Clinton hires ex-Obama staffer

Hillary Clinton is filling out the policy side of her post-State Department life, adding a longtime Obama-world veteran to her newly created office at the Clinton Foundation.

Madhuri Kommareddi, the new director of program development for the Office of Hillary Rodham Clinton, worked as a policy aide on President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign as well as on his transition team, according to an email sent internally by the Clinton Foundation.

She will be working closely with Dan Schwerin, who was a speechwriter on Clinton’s Foggy Bottom team and is playing a major role in helping her write her forthcoming memoir as well as a member of her policy team, sources familiar with the hire said.

The hire comes amid questions about whether Clinton will be able to grow her team beyond a circle of longtime loyalists should she run for president in 2016.